--- title: Therefore, when it became known that he had promised to cure the kin… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, when it became known that he had promised to cure the king's foot, and had ridden away--no one knew where--a roar of laughter and mockery rang through the town, and jeers and scoffing words were sent after him. Who acts: Gilguerillo, one, roar, laughter. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gilguerillo, one, roar, laughter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3027:38:33 # text = Therefore, when it became known that he had promised to cure the king's foot, and had ridden away--no one knew where--a roar of laughter and mockery rang through the town, and jeers and scoffing words were sent after him. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 mockery mockery NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 34 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 35 through through ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 jeers jeer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 scoffing scoff VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 46 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · passive | | little | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | Gilguerillo | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Gilguerillo *not said here* | the king's foot | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer foot=Source | | 4 | **ride away** | past · perfect | | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ring** | past | a roar of laughter and mockery | | | the town | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through town=Location | | 7 | **scoff** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **send** | past · passive | | jeers and scoffing words | | | after Gilguerillo | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **roar** | | laughter | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)